Comment on May 13, 1985
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 months agoI see a cult with a fortified compound and armed soldiers, with multiple missed paroles and a history of armed violence going back over a decade. If they’re not terrorist then what the fuck are they?
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Thank goodness it wasn’t the same scale as that event, but at least the FBI attempted to negotiate and staved off a full offensive until 51 days had passed. If the Philadelphia police had shown that kind of respect and restraint then things might have ended a lot differently for the MOVE members.
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 months ago
And yet the Waco siege is still a rallying cry for anti-government groups accusing the FBI and DEA of unjust, violent overreaction, while the MOVE bombing is not. Huh, I wonder what the difference is? /s
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Could unironically be the difference in body count.
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 months ago
That’s possible, but that doesn’t explain the same feeling about the Ruby Ridge incident.
orrk@lemmy.world 4 months ago
let’s not kid ourselves, it’s not the body count, it’s the same reason they don’t cite Tulsa nor Blair Mountain